can I skip the boiling and just toss them in with a few loads of towels/sheets first? I have like 2-3 loads of towels I need to wash and at least one of sheets thy will all be washed on hot can I jsut throw these in as well?

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You can but I think using the washer takes about 8-10 washes to become fully absorbant. The boiling hot water with dawn I believe removes the natural oils faster. I have used my hemp with only 4 washes in the washer but understand it will not hold as long as when it is fully prepped.

I just boiled mine with plain water, and it worked fine. The little research I did on prepping hemp all said boiling was great, but no one ever mentioned adding Dawn. I boiled them for about 15 minutes, and was good to go. :-)

I started boiling a few but quickly realized it was going to be a pain considering how many I had and the size of my pot. I just washed them a couple of times in the washing machine keeping in mind they wouldn't be at full absorbancy. I had no problems!

I only have 6 inserts so boiling wouldn't have been a huge thing I just didn't want too..
I basically let them ride along for the laundry loads today I washed 2 loads of towels on hot and they tagged along for both them a load of sheets on hot rode along (and went through a dry cycle) then they tagged along for 3 more regular clothes loads (one more dry cycle) on warm I'm washing diapers tonight so I've toss them in again with that load, I think they should be good..

Deanna

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